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Ploughman's for the people: a culinary history of Britain

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History

4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that the seemingly bucolic Ploughman's lunch actually came about because of a marketing ploy? Or that turnips were once thought to be an aphrodisiac? Pen Vogler takes Lauren Good on a culinary journey through Britain's history, exploring moments when food was at the centre of social change and upheaval. (Ad) Pen Vogler is the author of Stuffed: A History of Good Food and Hard Times in Britain (Atlantic Books, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuffed-History-Good-Times-Britain/dp/1838955747/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

0:05.0

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

0:07.3

You've been immature and you've lied.

0:10.3

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

0:13.9

I was trying to manipulate you.

0:15.7

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

0:18.1

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

0:20.6

I don't know.

0:21.7

I guess you'd have to ask.

0:23.5

Someone that has sex.

0:24.2

Someone that has sex.

0:26.2

And remember, it's just between us.

0:32.3

Welcome to the History Extra podcast.

0:35.7

Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Movie.

0:49.7

Did you know that the seemingly bucolic plowman's lunch actually came about because of a simple marketing ploy?

0:58.2

Or that turnips were once thought to be an aphrodisiac?

1:03.4

In today's episode, Penn Vogler takes Lauren Good on a culinary journey through Britain's history,

1:10.8

exploring moments when food was at the

1:13.5

centre of social change and upheaval. Hi, Penn. Thanks so much for joining me on the History Extra

1:20.6

podcast today. Oh, Lauren, so nice to be with you. Thanks for having me. We're talking about your

1:26.5

new book stuffed, a history of good food and

1:29.3

hard times in Britain. However, this isn't the first book you've written on the history of food.

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